In additional moves, Fox shifted Brad Pitt’s sci-fi movie Ad Astra from January 2019 to late May, making it an official entry in always competitive summer blockbuster sweepstakes. Fox also moved the Kumail Nanjiani-Dave Bautista action-comedy Stuber from May to July. Fox and Disney, of course, are headed for one of the biggest show business acquisitions ever after a deal was struck for Disney to purchase Fox assets for a reported $71 billion.

When it comes to Disney, there is perhaps no bigger property than the MCU, which thus far has grossed a total of $17.5 billion at the global box office. As reported by THR, Disney and Fox’s game of release date musical chairs has resulted in at least one future Marvel movie giving up its original date. The untitled film originally slated for release on July 31, 2020 has now been removed from the schedule with no new release date announced. Here is Disney's full release schedule for 2020, with Jungle Cruise more-or-less replacing the now-booted Marvel title:

February 14, 2020: Untitled Disney Live Action

March 6, 2020: Untitled Pixar Animation

March 27, 2020: Mulan

May 1, 2020: Untitled Marvel

May 29, 2020: Maleficent 2

June 19, 2020: Untitled Pixar Animation

July 24, 2020: Jungle Cruise

October 9, 2020: Untitled Disney Live Action

November 6, 2020: Untitled Marvel

November 25, 2020: Untitled Disney Animation

December 23, 2020: Untitled Disney Live Action

It is not known what Marvel movie would have taken that summer 2020 release date, but Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 would seem the most logical choice to have been targeted for that date. However, plans for that movie are now very much up in the air since James Gunn’s firing by Disney after the writer-director saw some of his old, offensive tweets dredged up by right-wing media provocateurs. No replacement director has been named for the third Guardians film, but it’s been rumored that Disney is seeking a female director to take over. Amid all the uncertainty over the director, the movie’s production start date has reportedly been shifted to 2021, so obviously it would not be ready for 2020.